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Manchesters 200th celerations...

Manchesters 200th celerations...

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:12 pm

by David Pardoe

A 25 board match is to be played this Sunday in Manchester v Liverpool + a junior match starting at 1pm..
All are welcome to attend and full details are on the MCF website..
Apparently Manchester were the first chess club in England, initially formed 200 years ago.

Re: Manchesters 200th celerations...

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 12:26 am

by John Reyes

hope to see you there!

Re: Manchesters 200th celerations...

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:38 am

by Alex Holowczak

David Pardoe wrote:A 25 board match is to be played this Sunday in Manchester v Liverpool

Not Manchester v Lancashire?

*runs*

Re: Manchesters 200th celerations...

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:00 am

by JamesGallagher

This is an historic occasion often fought out by captains JH Blackburne for Manchester and Amos Burn for Liverpool. The first game between Liverpool and Manchester was 1855 and took place annually for approx 100 years, hopefully we can keep this going annually from now on. See details of the first game here:
Details of first match here:http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/t61.html